Zane Beadles

With fewer holes and shallower pockets this time around, John Elway watched big names leaving Denver for a change -Julius Thomas to Jacksonville, Orlando Franklin to San Diego – in the frenzied opening hours of free agency Tuesday.

With less than five months until Week 1 of the NFL’s regular seaon, Peyton Manning knows a lot of work has to be done in a small window of time when it comes to building the chemistry of this year’s Denver Broncos.